Trope-a-Day (R): Ancient Conspiracy

Ancient Conspiracy: Averted.  Because, well, yes, ancient cabals, except there are thousands, maybe millions of them.  And they’re not terribly shadowy, at least not for any value of shadowy that precludes web sites, press releases, and such.  And the course of history seems to muddle through just fine doing its own thing.  But apart from that…